Two men charged with first degree murder after body found in apartment

CTV Windsor: Murder investigation Windsor police investigating homicide on University Ave. Melanie Borrelli reports.

Windsor police have arrested and charged two men with first-degree murder after a 37-year-old man's body was found in an apartment on University Avenue.

Officers were called to an apartment building at 395 University Ave. E. around 4:10 a.m. Saturday for a report of a sick or injured person.

Upon arrival officers located a man who was confirmed to be deceased. Police say the deceased body displayed obvious signs of trauma.

On Sunday, police announced they have arrested and charged two Windsor men in their mid-20s with first-degree murder.

Investigators tracked down two suspects Saturday. The first man was arrested without incident in the 700 block of Goyeau St. just after 2pm. The second man was located a Wyandotte St. E. around 7:30pm.

Windsor's Lamar Day, 28, is charged with first degree murder and forcible confinement.

Raheem Washington, a 25-year-old man from Windsor, is charged with, first degree murder, forcible confinement, and numerous charges for breaching conditions and failing to appear in court.

Police say the three men are known to each other and the investigation is in its initial stages.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Windsor Police Service at 519-255-6700 ext. 4830, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 519-258-8477 (TIPS), or online at www.catchcrooks.com.

This is the eighth murder investigation of the year in Windsor.

18-year-old Darrion Moffatt from Windsor died after being shot at a home on Hall Ave. on Sept. 8. Two men from Windsor, 18-year-old Raul Huezo and 19-year-old Cody Kennedy, have been charged with first degree murder.

University student Jason Pantlitz-Solomon, 20, was shot and killed in downtown Windsor on August 27. Police are still searching for suspects.

David Sura, 38, from Windsor, is charged with one count of first degree murder after the death of his 66-year-old father at an Everts Avenue home in June.

Jitesh Bhogal, 27, a Canadian citizen residing in Michigan, is charged with first degree murder, aggravated sexual assault and break and enter in connection with the death of Autumn Taggart in June.

Mal Chol, 20, of Waterloo and Nouraldin Rabee, 19, of Windsor face numerous charges including first degree murder in the death of 16-year-old Chance Gauthier, who was found in an alley of Church Street on February 14. Rabee has not been arrested.

Yusuf Ali, 19, from Windsor, is wanted for one count of first degree murder in the death of 73-year-old Leonard Damm on a home on Bloomfield Road on February 18.

Michael Hiller, 43, is charged with manslaughter in the death of 51-year-old Joe St. Louis at a home on Daytona Avenue on March 24.

The SIU also continues to investigate the death of 33-year-old Matt Mahoney, who was shot by police near Goyeau Street and Tuscarora Street on March 21. That death has not been ruled a homicide as the police watchdog continues to investigate the circumstances around the shooting.

Windsor went through a murder-free streak from September 2009 until November 2011.